Serbia beats Spain 80-70 in top match of Eurobasket opening day

Saturday, September 5, 2015

Nemanja Bjelica scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Serbia past Spain 80-70 in the featured match of the opening day of the Eurobasket 2015.

Defending champion France needed overtime to overcome Finland 97-87. Lithuania struggled to edge Ukraine, the youngest team in the tournament, 69-68. Jonas Valanciunas had 19 points and 11 rebounds.

Turkey surprised Italy 89-87 despite blowing a 16-point lead, and 33 points from Danilo Gallinari.

Also, Dirk Nowitzki and Dennis Schroeder scored 15 points each to lead host Germany to a surprisingly close 71-65 victory over Iceland.

Other games

Poland 68 Bosnia-Herzegovina 64
Netherlands 73 Georgia72
Czech Republic 80 Estonia 57
Israel 76 Russia 73
Greece 85 Macedonia 65
Latvia 78 Belgium 67 in Group D
Croatia 80 Slovenia 73